Dunback Meadow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US
May 28, 2022 6:05 AM – 10:08 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.5 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    Brookline bird club trip
45 species
Mallard  4
Wild Turkey  5
Mourning Dove  7
Chimney Swift  10
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Killdeer  1
Cooper’s Hawk  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  4
Downy Woodpecker  5
Northern Flicker  3
Eastern Wood-Pewee  1
Willow Flycatcher  4
Great Crested Flycatcher  1
Warbling Vireo  2
Blue Jay  5
American Crow  3
Black-capped Chickadee  8
Tufted Titmouse  6
Tree Swallow  2
Barn Swallow  6
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
House Wren  1
Carolina Wren  6
European Starling  4
Gray Catbird  28
Wood Thrush  3
American Robin  10
Cedar Waxwing  19
House Sparrow  5
American Goldfinch  11
Song Sparrow  41    Careful count and not unexpected for location and date.
Swamp Sparrow  3
Orchard Oriole  1
Baltimore Oriole  5
Red-winged Blackbird  24
Brown-headed Cowbird  4
Common Grackle  28
Blue-winged Warbler  1
Common Yellowthroat  35    Careful count and not unexpected for location and date.
Yellow Warbler  6
Pine Warbler  2
Scarlet Tanager  1
Northern Cardinal  10
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  6
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S111688234

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